Redeeming the southern family : evangelical women and domestic devotion in the Antebellum South / Scott Stephan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stephan, Scott, 1969-

Contributor:

Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian women--Religious life.

Christian women.

Evangelicalism--Southern States--History--19th century.

Evangelicalism.

Church history.

History.

Southern States--Religious life and customs.

Southern States.

Southern States--Church history--19th century.

Physical Description:

ix, 304 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2008]

Contents:

Introduction: From Cane Ridge to the Bible Belt : evangelicalism, gender, and the southern household in the Antebellum era

Taming the second great awakening : evangelical identity and worship patterns in the Antebellum South

Courting women, courting God : strenuous courtships and holy unions

Improvising on the ideal : evangelical marriages in the Antebellum South

"Unto whom much is given" : childbirth, child rearing, and coming of age in the evangelical home

Authoring the good death : illness, deathbed narratives, and women's authority

Epilogue: "We walk by faith and not by sight" : Evangelicals and the Civil War-era South.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-293) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780820332222

0820332224

OCLC:

213599739

Publisher Number:

99935400957